U.S. News & World Report Names The Medical Center of Aurora Among Best in Colorado

Aurora, CO, August 08, 2017 –(PR.com)– HCA/HealthONE’s The Medical Center of Aurora has been recognized as a Best Hospital for 2017-18 in the Denver metro and Colorado by U.S. News & World Report.

The annual Best Hospitals rankings, now in their 28th year, are part of U.S. News’ patient portal, designed to help patients make informed decisions about where to receive care for life-threatening conditions or for common elective procedures.

The Medical Center of Aurora was also recognized as high performing in five adult specialties which includes Diabetes and Endocrinology, Gastroenterology and GI Surgery, Geriatrics, Nephrology, and Pulmonology. TMCA also rated as high performing in four common adult procedures and conditions for the treatment of patients who are 65 and older, which included Heart Bypass Surgery, Heart Failure, Colon Cancer Surgery, and COPD.

“This ranking is a testament to the dedication of every employee and physician at TMCA,” said Dan Miller, President and CEO at The Medical Center of Aurora and Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital. “We are blessed to have wonderful people who truly enjoy their work and who are proud to be able to provide safe, high quality care to our Aurora community.”

For the 2017-18 rankings, U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 medical centers nationwide in 25 specialties, procedures and conditions. In the 16 specialty areas, 152 hospitals were ranked in at least one specialty. In rankings by state and metro area, U.S. News recognized hospitals as high performing across multiple areas of care.

“For nearly three decades, we’ve strived to make hospital quality more transparent to healthcare consumers nationwide,” said Ben Harder, managing editor and chief of health analysis at U.S. News. "By providing the most comprehensive data available, we hope to give patients the information they need to find the best care across a range of specialties.”

The U.S. News methodologies include risk-adjusted survival and readmission rates, volume, patient experience, patient safety, quality of nursing care and other care-related indicators.

For more information on the 2017-18 rankings, please visit the U.S. News Best Hospitals page and use #BestHospitals on Facebook and Twitter.